ማረሻ

Amharic

Etymology

Root
አ-ረ-ሰ (ʾä-rä-sä)

From መ- (mä-) +‎ አረሰ (ʾarräsä, “to plough”) +‎ -ኢያ (-iya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmarəʃa/
Hyphenation: ማ‧ረ‧ሻ

Noun

ማረሻ • (maräša) m

instrumental noun of አረሰ (ʾarräsä): plough

Declension

Definiteness forms of *ማረሻ*
	masculine
indefinite	ማረሻ (maräša)
definite subject	ማረሻው (maräšaw)
definite object	ማረሻውን (maräšawən)
general object	ማረሻን (maräšan)

Possessive forms of *ማረሻ* (maräša)
		singular	plural	formal
first person		ማረሻዬ (maräšaye)	ማረሻችን (maräšaččən)	—
second person	m	ማረሻህ (maräšah)	ማረሻችሁ (maräšaččəhu)	ማረሻዎ (maräšawo)
second person	f	ማረሻሽ (maräšaš)	ማረሻችሁ (maräšaččəhu)	ማረሻዎ (maräšawo)
third person	m	ማረሻው (maräšaw)	ማረሻቸው (maräšaččäw)
third person	f	ማረሻዋ (maräšawa)	ማረሻቸው (maräšaččäw)

References

Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አረሰ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 15